“Algerians cannot offer what they do not have themselves. Many homes have running water for just an hour a day. In the cities and towns there are hotels, even resorts, and in the southern Sahara, where the rock art is second to none, organised tours are available.”

British actress, writer and filmmaker

Carol Drinkwater is a British actress, writer and filmmaker who lives in France. She is best known for playing Helen Herriot in the television adaptation of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small, and for her work as an author and filmmaker. Her role in that series brought wider attention, and she received the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985. Beyond acting, her career spans writing and filmmaking, reflecting a creative life across several forms of storytelling.